Join Charlene and Jackie, two NYC film crew workers with an absolute love of art house films

…and an absolute lack of press passes to see those films at the major festivals where they premiere.

Each month your two hosts will venture through the wilds of NYC public transportation and psychotic post screening Q&A’s to discuss a festival film that has finally been released to the general public.

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Episode 11: 2025 Holiday Special
Episode 11: 2025 Holiday Special

It’s a very festive holiday episode of Tickets Secured! We’ve got games, holiday movie watching recommendations, and lots of fun reflections on Charlene & Jackie's inaugural year of cinema podcasting.

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Episode 10: Sentimental Value
Episode 10: Sentimental Value

The podcast has hit double digits and Charlene and Jackie celebrate by discussing Sentimental Value, the Cannes Grand Prix winning film from Therapized Norwegian King Joachim Trier.

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Episode 9: The Mastermind
Episode 9: The Mastermind

A very special episode in which Charlene & Jackie fully commit to incorporating the themes of impermanence and incompetence in Kelly Reichardt’s The Mastermind into their own podcast practice. 

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Episode 8: The History of Sound
Episode 8: The History of Sound

Autumn has fallen in New York and Charlene and Jackie celebrate by tumbling down the stairs of the Angelika straight into Oliver Hermanus’s Palme D’Or nominated The History of Sound which premiered at Cannes.

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